Saturday, April 6, 2013

Vance Creek Road Race 2013 Report Photos link

Note the mud specks on my face, the rain on my glasses, helmet and flying in the air.

When I'm hurting, this is how I smile.

I felt okay today; nothing was sore before the race. It was supposed to rain, it did, that was okay. It was kind of fun. Vance Creek was the first road race I ever did a few years ago. There is one big hill and my first year I was thrown out the back like yesterday's oatmeal. The year I did it I hung on the hill for the first lap, and was victimized on the second lap.

Today I climbed with the group on the first three (of four) laps and then I was gapped on the descent and worked with a guy named Jason from Olympia Orthopedic (OO) and we closed to within about twenty seconds and then I was spent and Jason was able to bridge up. When we made the turn for the final climb I was only down seventeen seconds. I tried to close it, but could not.

Evo hanging with the lead dogs !!

I finished 11th and my time was a full five minutes ahead of the Masters 50+ winning time. They did, however get rained on much harder than we did. Maybe I'll get the nerve to race with those guys sometime.. Maybe.